Tuesday, August 17, 2010

this day in music history AUG 17

1964
Glasgow Scotland
all boys and men with Beatle haircuts
would have to wear bathing caps
in pools as their hair was clogging up the
pool filters.
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1965
The Byrds
were forced to cancel their concert
in Guildhall, Portsmouth
when only 250 of the 4,000 tickets
had been sold
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1969
The final day of Woodstock
at Max Yasgur's farm in
Bethel, New York
Acts that appeared are:
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Ten Years After
Sha Na Na
Joe Cocker
Country Joe & The Fish
The Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Johnny Winter
John Sebastian
This free event resulted in two deaths
one was a teenage boy in a sleeping bag
was run over by a tractor and another
from a drug overdose
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Carlos Santana
received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

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